The rescue began Saturday night and resumed Sunday morning. Volunteers said removing the horses from the property was challenging.

"The horses aren't used to being handled by humans so they're very skittish and they're afraid because some of them are hungry and skinny, some of them have bad feet," Rivera said.

The horses were taken to Peaceful Ridge Rescue where they are being cared for until they are healthy enough to be put up for adoption.

"It's going to be a lengthy process to get these horses back to the condition [they need to be in]. We need help. We need help to feed them, we need help for hay and grain, we need help for shampoo and stuff like that," Cutino said.